Citizen science and the professional-amateur divide: lessons from differing online practices

Dowthwaite, Liz; Sprinks, James

doi:10.22323/2.18010206

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“…The impact of anthropic activities on environmental integrity and their deleterious consequences on human health have pushed more and more citizens, all over the world, to organize and become informed about the quality of the air they breathe; such a change in social attitudes has been greatly accelerated by the internet's diffusion [1,2]. Solid matter suspended in air, known as particulate matter (PM), is an air pollutant that has sparked the greatest concern among citizens because of its negative effects on health [3][4][5].…”

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A Review of Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors from the Developers’ Perspectives

Alfano

Barretta

Giudice

et al. 2020

Sensors

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The concerns related to particulate matter’s health effects alongside the increasing demands from citizens for more participatory, timely, and diffused air quality monitoring actions have resulted in increasing scientific and industrial interest in low-cost particulate matter sensors (LCPMS). In the present paper, we discuss 50 LCPMS models, a number that is particularly meaningful when compared to the much smaller number of models described in other recent reviews on the same topic. After illustrating the basic definitions related to particulate matter (PM) and its measurements according to international regulations, the device’s operating principle is presented, focusing on a discussion of the several characterization methodologies proposed by various research groups, both in the lab and in the field, along with their possible limitations. We present an extensive review of the LCPMS currently available on the market, their electronic characteristics, and their applications in published literature and from specific tests. Most of the reviewed LCPMS can accurately monitor PM changes in the environment and exhibit good performances with accuracy that, in some conditions, can reach R2 values up to 0.99. However, such results strongly depend on whether the device is calibrated or not (using a reference method) in the operative environment; if not, R2 values lower than 0.5 are observed.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review of Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors from the Developers’ Perspectives

Alfano

Barretta

Giudice

et al. 2020

Sensors

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“…On Avimap, there is a clear hierarchy where the researchers at Sovon design and manage the portal and the users of Avimap collect the data, in line with Shirk et al's [2012] contributory model. Even though BMP was initiated by volunteers and even though some volunteers still have some coordinating roles, 5 there is thus a clear professional-amateur divide on the portal [Dowthwaite and Sprinks, 2019].…”

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Affordances and tensions in recording bird observations: how coordinators and volunteers perceive and experience citizen science in birding

Verploegen¹,

Ganzevoort²,

Born³

2021

JCOM

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Digital citizen science projects differ greatly in their goals and design. Tensions arise when coordinators' design choices and conceptions of citizen science conflict with users' motivations and expectations. In this paper, we use a combination of qualitative methods to gain new insights into the ways citizen science is understood and implemented digitally. This includes a study into the affordances of two citizen science portals for bird observations, and qualitative interviews with users and coordinators of the portals. This reveals tensions related to data sharing, community hierarchies, and communicated expectations. Awareness of these tensions can benefit the future design of online citizen science projects.

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“…One feature of network organizations is citizen science, a concept that allows professional scientists to provide and receive information from an amateur public as voluntary participants in research (Dowthwaite & Sprinks, 2019). This concept is strongly supported by the emergence of internet technology that is able to bring together scientists and amateurs.…”

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“…One contribution that can be made by the amateur public is the provision of large quantities of data through the internet (Bonney et al, 2009). The results of this joint project can be published in a variety of activities, presentations in schools, or even presenting them in science club (Dowthwaite & Sprinks, 2019). In this case, the government must create a platform where people can interact with each other.…”

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Science Communication by Government Public Relation from A Network Organization Perspective

Sugiono¹,

Salamah²

2021

Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities Universitas Indonesia Conference (APRISH 2019)

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Science communication involves delivering scientific information that is not only done by scientists but also by public relations officers at government scientific and technological institutions. The hierarchical mechanism adopted by government agencies is one of the obstacles to the entry of information from various stakeholders. Network organization is a concept of organizational structure that strongly supports the exchange of information between its members. The main objective of this study is to build a conceptual framework of science communication by government public relations from an organizational network perspective so that it can be used as a reference for future research. A similar conceptual framework has been proposed previously but only focuses on the communication aspect and not through an organizational perspective. The systematic literature review produced 28 primary papers from which data was collated to create a conceptual framework. The meta-synthesis technique with the metaethnography approach was used to arrange several concepts in the framework. The results of the study were able to renew the old framework by displaying the collaboration and communication mechanisms of network members and the important role of government public relations as a network manager.

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Citizen science and the professional-amateur divide: lessons from differing online practices

Cited by 17 publications

References 28 publications

A Review of Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors from the Developers’ Perspectives

A Review of Low-Cost Particulate Matter Sensors from the Developers’ Perspectives

Affordances and tensions in recording bird observations: how coordinators and volunteers perceive and experience citizen science in birding

Science Communication by Government Public Relation from A Network Organization Perspective

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